The New Pope
This morning, April 19th 2005, the new Pope for the Catholic Chuch was elected. The bells rang around 8:55am this morning and the new Pope was announced. The new pope for the Catholic Church is Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, a long-time guardian of doctrinal orthodoxy.
Scotsman.com
“Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me – a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord,†he said after being introduced by Chilean Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estivez.
“The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers,†the new pope said. “I entrust myself to your prayers.â€
It was quite an interesting process to see the black smoke and then the white smoke for the ceremony. Thousands of people were gathered outside the church where they annoucned the new Pope. Quite an exciting time to be living right in now.
December 31st, 2007 at 1:32pm
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